PEOPLE OF FAITH
TRIP TO MADRID
Rensselaer youth report on World Youth Day 2011
Five teens and seven adults from St. John the Evangelist and St. Joseph's parish in Rensselaer recently returned from World Youth Day 2011 in Madrid, Spain. It was an excursion that introduced the teens to Europe, the universal Church, other young Catholics, the Spanish culture and their pontiff - all …
PET-LOVING TEEN
Abby protects God's smallest creatures
For years, Abby Serfilippi's classmates thought she lived on a farm. It's an understandable mistake: In her Delmar home, the 14-year-old cares for 11 guinea pigs, a rabbit, a turtle, two flying squirrels and a rat.
PARISH PROJECT
Couple built fire of faith
Caitlin Mullins may have taught her husband, Scott, about family and faith, but he recently taught her how to break a brick in half. The young couple built a fire pit for their parish, St. Mary's in Clinton Heights, to use for a 9/11 memorial service and Holy Week celebrations. …
ONLINE DATING
Widowed couple found each other on the internet
"Love is lovelier," goes the old song, "the second time around." Bill and Pat Walsh of Our Lady of Victory parish in Troy are living that lyric.
PAULIST FATHERS
Faith and Lake George history combine in priest's new book
When families or coworkers gather to swap stories of the good old days, one person inevitably says, "Someone should write this down," but no one ever does. Rev. Kenneth McGuire, CSP, decided he would. The result is "Holy Ground for Generations: A History of Paulists at Lake George," a newly …
IT'S A BOOK!
Former editor's antique-store find evolved into book on WWII soldier
Attention must be paid to the millions of "ordinary" World War II veterans who were never properly memorialized, a local Catholic author asserts in his new book.
COLLEGE LIFE
Music and service are her twin goals
At just 18 months old, Bridie Schnore often lulled herself to sleep singing "Jingle Bells." By age four, her parents were convinced she was destined for musical greatness: She sang along with German and Italian arias during her mother's weekly vocal lessons.
CHILDREN'S CHOIR
Teens help kids make joyful noise
If the members of the children's choir hold their sheet music at their sides, it means they don't understand the words. That's one signal Megan Serian, 14, has learned to spot as she co-leads the choir of small singers at St. Michael the Archangel parish in Troy.
QUARTER-CENTURY HIKE
82-year-old reaches end of the Appalachian Trail
It wasn't enough for Jim Tschinkel to tackle the 35 peaks higher than 3,500 feet in the Catskill Mountains. Twenty-five years ago, the parishioner of St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Delmar decided to hike the Appalachian Trail. In September, at the age of 82, he finally finished the 2,181-mile …
UPON THIS ROCK
Sculptures grew from discarded cathedral stones
Thanks to a local interfaith group, Bishop Howard J. Hubbard will personally own a piece of the Albany Diocese's "mother church."
PARISH COMMITTEE
Amsterdam parish serves differently-abled
For about 16 years, the Mardi Gras party has been an annual tradition for the parish's Committee for Opening Doors for the Differently Abled.
VOLUNTEER'S EXPERIENCE
East Africa's poor give back
Denise Stasik thought children in Zimbabwe chewed on tree bark as a pastime. It was actually because they were hungry.
GLOBAL CONNECTION
Loudonville parishioners helping Haitian children
The women in the Artibonite region of Haiti walk for hours down mountains, shoeless, balancing sacks atop their heads to sell goods at the market. The naked children cross rivers to get into town.
SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH
Active sister recounts vocation journey
One of the early jobs held by Sister Rosemary Endres, CSJ, gave her free tickets to a Nat King Cole concert. She also met big-band era greats like Tex Beneke and Sammy Kaye.
FASHION-FORWARD
Allison's dressing for success
The first time Allison Deutschman set foot in a mall, she was in sixth grade, but the 17-year-old from Mohawk feels called to a career in fashion. Allison is finishing her senior year at Gregory B. Jarvis Jr./Sr. High School in Mohawk while getting a head start on college credits …
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